© Guy Bolongaro
Artefact Sound: أحمد [ahmed]
STUK, Sound In Motion, Echoes of Dissent & In vitro present:
The best of the European improvisation scene has delivered the “best album of 2024” (The Wire Magazine), inspired by jazz composer Ahmed Abdul-Malik.
“After the concert, Thomas is spent. Gerbal is soaked in sweat. Grip’s hands are bleeding. Wright is unable to speak, with lips and tongue like jelly. Soon each player will head home, not to see one another until it’s time to do it all again.”
PRACTICAL
➤ Saturday 14.02 - 20:00
➤ STUK Soetezaal
➤ Tickets: €18 / €14 / €9
➤ Seated concert with open doors, no drinks allowed.
PROGRAMME
19:45: doors
20:00: (tba)
21:30: أحمد [ahmed]
22:30: end
Conversation & publication about أحمد [ahmed] by Echoes of Dissent & In vitro (more info soon).
• أحمد [ahmed]
أحمد [ahmed] brings heavy rhythmic music based on repetitive patterns and swinging syncopations. A powerful punch in the stomach that subsequently transitions into a deep feeling of ecstasy. The foundation for the quartet is the music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, a now deceased New York bassist and composer who introduced Arabic and East African influences into jazz music. His thoughts and melodies shine through in the music of أحمد [ahmed], which is formed by some of the best European improvisational musicians: Pat Thomas, Antonin Gerbal, Joel Grip, and Seymour Wright. Their albums, released from 2017 to the present, are unparalleled journeys that excel in technique and endurance. But أحمد [ahmed] is a band that you really have to see live, and now you can do so for the first time in Belgium during Artefact Sound.
Pat Thomas: piano
Seymour Wright: alto saxophone
Joel Grip: double bass
Antonin Gerbal: drums
• Conversation & publication about أحمد [ahmed]
By Echoes of Dissent & In vitro
The performance will be preceded by a conversation with the members of أحمد [ahmed] . A publication with texts by and about the band, published by In vitro in collaboration with Echoes of Dissent (KASK School of Arts), will also be presented on this occasion. More information will follow shortly.
Location
Price
€18 (standard)
€14 (STUK card)
€9 (- 19 / KU Leuven Culture Card)
